From the first application to the final allocation, it has taken more than three months to finalize all the 1999 harness racing dates for Maine’s agricultural fairs and extended meets. But on Monday in Augusta, the Maine Harness Racing Commission allocated 234 live race dates for 1999. Read More
    It may not seem like a big change at first glance, but one of the big pluses of FrontierVision’s upcoming cable channel expansion for sports-minded Bangor customers is the debut of Lewiston United Paramount Network affiliate WPME (Channel 35). WPME will officially replace fellow UPN… Read More
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    STANDISH – Shannon Field scored 19 points and Sara Beane tossed in 12 as St. Joseph’s College built a 40-26 halftime lead and withstood a furious Husson College rally to edge the Braves 69-66 in a Maine Athletic Conference game Thursday night. Field had 14… Read More
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    ORONO – In recognition of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, the University of Maine Women’s Resource Center will sponsor a reception for the UMaine women’s hockey team Sunday. The reception, which is open to all fans and interested members of the community, is… Read More
    Halfway through its America East schedule, the University of Maine women’s basketball team appears headed for the No. 1 seed in the league tournament, which is scheduled March 3-6 at Patrick Gym in Burlington, Vt. Despite a rash of injuries, UMaine is 13-4 after rattling… Read More
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    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Brooke Hartford nailed a jumper from just inside the free-throw line at the buzzer to lift Foxcroft Academy to a 46-45 schoolgirl basketball win over John Bapst of Bangor Thursday. Holli Nichols had 12 points on four 3-pointers for the winners. Hartford finished… Read More
    MOUNT DESERT ISLAND – Brothers Mike Mathien and Tim Mathien combined on 7-for-11 shooting from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter to help lift John Bapst of Bangor to a 49-47 schoolboy basketball win over MDI Thursday. Mike tossed in 25 points and Tim… Read More
    MOUNT DESERT ISLAND – Brothers Mike Mathien and Tim Mathien combined on 7-for-11 shooting from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter to help lift John Bapst of Bangor to a 49-47 schoolboy basketball win over MDI Thursday. Mike tossed in 25 points and Tim… Read More
    ORONO – The Legends Restaurant & Sports Bar Indoor Golf Tournament will begin on Feb. 1 and run through April 7. The tourney will be a scramble event and will be played on the Pebble Beach Golf Course simulator at XL Golf in Hermon. Prizes will be awarded… Read More
    CALAIS — The School Committee Thursday night denied veteran basketball coach Arnold Clark’s grievance that school administrators wrongfully failed to rehire him as the boys varsity basketball coach for the 1998-99 season. After the five-hour hearing, school committee Chairwoman Leah McLean said the board would… Read More
    Down East Hospice, which covers all of Washington County delivering free, nonmedical services to terminally ill people and their families, is planning a brand-new fund-raiser that sounds like quite a treat. This event has something for everyone. The organization is hosting a “Be Our Valentine… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Members of the Legislature’s Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee postponed action Thursday on two deer hunting bills, while giving unanimous support to a measure legalizing the sale of moose bones. A fourth bill that would require law enforcement officers and other government workers… Read More
    BRUNSWICK — The house where Harriet Beecher Stowe lived when she penned “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” sold at auction Wednesday, ensuring its continued operation as an inn and restaurant. Two business partners offered the winning bid of $865,000 for the property whose previous owner went out… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Maine lawmakers on both sides of issues affecting organized labor paid tribute Thursday to the retiring chief of the Maine AFL-CIO. Longtime federation president Charles O’Leary was honored at the State House shortly before handing over the leadership reins to the first woman… Read More
    CANTON — Two people were killed in a fire that swept through a farmhouse on Thursday, bringing the number of fire deaths to eight in the first month of the year, officials said. The town’s fire chief spotted the blaze at 6 a.m. but firefighters… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine State Housing Authority is among the recipients of the eighth annual Margaret Chase Smith Maine State Quality Awards. The awards seek to promote excellence in business practice based on the national Baldridge quality awards. Smith said in a 1991 letter during… Read More
    AUGUSTA — State Corrections Commissioner Martin Magnusson had a shock at breakfast Thursday. While reading his newspaper, the commissioner learned that the Legislature had decided to take another look at the 1,000-bed, $63 million prison being planned for Warren. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    YORK — A two-year legal battle that went all the way to Maine’s highest court has ended in a ruling that requires the town of York to repair a dirt road that’s riddled with potholes and often flooded. “The court has stood up for the… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The state’s potato industry plans to test-market an 8-pound bag of similarly sized potatoes to gauge consumer preferences, industry officials said Wednesday. If consumers show acceptance of the new pack, a new premium grade could be implemented during future marketing seasons. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Maine’s Roman Catholic bishop called on legislators to seek a balance between protecting the environment and economic development. The Most Rev. Joseph Gerry announced the diocese’s environmental position Thursday, fresh from his visit with Pope John Paul II in St. Louis. At the… Read More
    Now that the Senate has demonstrated it does not have the votes to remove President Clinton from office and has limited testimony to the taped depositions of three who already have been thoroughly interrogated, the most esteemed legislative body in the nation — nay, the world — can… Read More
    Thomas Jefferson wrote, “The greatest service which can be rendered to any country is to add a useful plant to it’s culture.” The Maine Herb Society agrees. From pre-historic tribes to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks,and Romans, to the spice trade of the Orient to the holistic movement of… Read More
    Nothing better illustrates the reason the Legislature has overwhelmed itself with nearly 3,000 bills than Rep. Tom Shields’ “English First” proposal, which sounds fine until anyone gives it a scintilla of thought. Then it sounds terrible: a divisive, ill-informed, misdirected idea that makes Maine, a state built in… Read More
    In a Maine Style remembrance story Thursday, Jan. 21, on the life of Richard Pasvogel, the names of two schools were left out. Besides teaching music at Searsport Elementary School, Pasvogel taught at Frankfort and Stockton Springs elementary schools. He coached girls basketball at Bucksport High School. Read More
    Because of an editing error, a story in Thursday’s MaineDay section contained the misspelled name of the winner of the Bangor Chamber of Commerce’s Norbert X. Dowd Award. The correct spelling is G. Peirce Webber. Read More
    LINCOLN, N.H. — With little thought for their own safety, ski patrol members lined up on the steep, mountain woods for the usual rescue operation. Digging into the frozen snow as best they could, they began passing down one litter, hand to hand. Then another. Then a third. Read More
    PORTLAND — Police officers must collect only one breath sample in drunken driving cases, the state supreme court said Thursday. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled in the consolidated cases of five people charged with drunken driving in York County. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    CARIBOU — The North Country Animal Hospital and the Caribou Parks and Recreation Department will host the “Dog Gone Obstacle Challenge,” in conjunction with the Caribou winter carnival, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, at the Caribou Recreation Center. This event is open to all canines and their… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Caribou Parks and Recreation Department will hold its annual “Father-Daughter Sweetheart Dance” from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at the Caribou Recreation Center. Refreshments and music by DJ Express will be provided. There will also be photos by Duane for… Read More
    BROWNVILLE JUNCTION — The board of directors for SAD 41 unanimously voted Wednesday to appoint David A. Walker of Milo superintendent of schools for the next three years. He will replace Superintendent J. Kenneth Laux, who will resign in June after six years on the job. Read More
    BANGOR — An Aroostook County man linked to a methamphetamine ring known as the “Bridgewater group” changed his pleas to guilty Thursday on two drug-related counts that could net him a maximum sentence of life in prison and millions of dollars in fines. As a… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Superior Court Justice John Atwood sentenced convicted sex offender Richard E. DeMass Jr., 35, of Warren to 20 years in prison with five years suspended Thursday in Knox County Superior Court. DeMass was found guilty of 28 counts of gross sexual assault on… Read More
    BANGOR — While many people’s hobbies have them running, biking and hiking, Arthur Comstock’s lifelong avocation has been sitting. That’s not to suggest that he’s been at all inactive. By most accounts, few members sitting on hospital boards in northern Maine have spent so much time working so… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The city owns a one-week interest in five time-share units at a local condominium resort. The units, located at the Acadia Village Resort on Route 1, are not one of the perks for the city councilors. All five are tax-acquired property, taken by… Read More
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    VEAZIE — At their Monday meeting, town councilors here will consider a proposed ban on gunfire within town boundaries. The controversial measure would essentially prohibit hunting — at least hunting with a gun — in the developing town, which currently allows the discharge of shotguns… Read More
    BELFAST — The Waldo County grand jury handed up indictments against the following individuals Tuesday. One indictment was impounded, pending the arrest of the person accused. Francis Cushman, 32, of Brewer, reckless conduct with dangerous weapon and aggravated assault. Cushman was indicted for an incident… Read More
    We would like to express our gratitude to a number of people who generously supported Bangor’s sister city, Carasque, El Salvador, with donations of material aid. Our family delegation to Carasque, with the intention of spending four months in the village, will be carrying these tokens of care… Read More
    The television coverage is doing the electorate a great favor by showing the true lack of bipartisan effort in the Senate’s effort to determine President Clinton’s fitness to continue to hold office. We can see that prejudice on both sides has obviously destroyed the Senate’s ability to be… Read More
    Thank you to Jenna Russell for her feature story (BDN, Jan. 19) on the Bangor High School student art show currently on exhibit at the Clark House Gallery. As I walked through the gallery on Saturday, I met up with the owner, Susan Maasch. She… Read More
    It’s hard to believe the [amount of] money that is being spent on the sound barrier on I-95 near the Broadway exit. For 23 years, I have heard airplanes flying over my house; do you suppose when the interstate barrier is done I can have a dome put… Read More
    Due to the error concerning the Class B Ellsworth Eagles team at the cheerleading competition on Saturday, it was revealed that the girls were not wearing barrettes, which is against the rules as was stated, and because the remaining nine cheerleaders performed for their school, minus the seven… Read More
    FAIRFIELD — A state fact-finding panel is set next week to hear arguments in a six-month contract dispute between SAD 49 and its teachers. At the heart of the dispute between the SAD 49 Teachers Association and the school district are salary levels, health insurance… Read More
    PORTLAND — A lawsuit by a Florida utility that is trying to get out of its $846 million agreement to buy Central Maine Power Group’s plants has been delayed, officials said Thursday. The lawsuit was supposed to go to trial on Tuesday in federal court… Read More
    WASHINGTON — President Clinton’s chief spokesman on Thursday cited remarks by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins as an example of Republican hypocrisy and criticized her proposal to hold a “finding of fact” vote before senators vote on articles of impeachment. White House spokesman Joe Lockhart, speaking… Read More
    FAIRFIELD — A special panel reviewing the November crash of the town’s new fire engine has met three times and is expected to wrap up its investigation soon, Town Manager Terry York said Thursday. Town councilors ordered a fourth investigation into the Veterans Day accident… Read More
    DETROIT — Detroit selectmen have called a special town meeting to decide what to do about a fire department pumper that needs $15,000 worth of repairs. According to Fire Chief David Wright, the pumper malfunctioned at a December fire. Since then, the department’s older, backup… Read More
    MONSON — The owner of the Monson post office on Thursday confirmed that he intends to construct a significant addition to the building. Bill Holland of Holland Construction said this week that U.S. Postal Service officials had proposed the addition in 1999. This will result… Read More
    Unlike a graduate student who wrote to the Bangor Daily News [Jan. 25] expressing dismay over the possibility of a retirement complex at the University of Maine, I was very much excited when I heard of the proposal. Having taught sociology of aging for several… Read More
    NEWPORT — David Cote, president of the Maine Taxidermy Association, commended students at Nokomis Regional High School Thursday for their efforts in his profession. Cote, a taxidermist for 23 years, and Paul Jacques, former legislator and a member of the new licensing board for taxidermists,… Read More
    BOSTON — In an attempt to replenish once-abundant cod stocks, fishery officials on Thursday approved a plan to close a huge section of the Gulf of Maine, a move that could ground thousands of commercial fishermen. The New England Fishery Management Council voted to close… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — The grand, curving stairway on the west side of the Somerset County Courthouse is still shrouded in plastic as painters and carpenters continue to repair damage from a ceiling collapse last month. Although the courthouse hallway is still filled with light fixtures waiting… Read More
    BANGOR — A Vienna man who allegedly masterminded an escape plot at the Kennebec County Jail in Augusta more than two years ago pleaded no contest in federal court Thursday to a conspiracy to escape charge. Kenneth Meader, 49, faces a maximum penalty of five… Read More
    WINSLOW — The police have issued a warrant for the arrest of a teen-ager accused of stealing a large sum of cash and a handgun from an elderly couple’s home. The theft was reported to the Winslow Police Department on Wednesday afternoon, after the couple… Read More
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    The University of Maine at Presque Isle will offer courses as part of its American Management Association’s certificate programs. The next course, “How to Interview Effectively,” will be held Feb. 4-March 18. For information or to register, contact Conferences and Special Programs, 768-9501. —- Northern… Read More